Every year there are more and more happy iPhone owners in Russia. In this connection, in an effort to protect their personal data from prying eyes, users of Apple's product ask themselves the question of how to put a password on the iPhone on the application or to password-protect the folder with photos.

Program password

There are several ways to set a password for an application installed on a phone on an iPhone. But the one provided by the device is not very convenient to use. One of its few advantages is that there is no need to install additional software allowing you to save more free space.

To set a password in a standard way you need to go to the "Settings" menu, where you should select the "General" and "Restrictions" items. In the window that opens, the "Enable restrictions" button will be active by default - after pressing it, you will be prompted to enter a 4-digit code. This password will be requested each time the selected applications are launched. To determine the list of programs that will be protected, it is necessary, by scrolling below, to mark the necessary ones from the proposed list. It is worth noting that in addition to opening programs, you can also password-protect the installation or removal of applications on the device.

Alternative ways

More convenient to use is the installation method special applications... How to put a password on an application on an iPhone depends on the selected defender program. However, for most of them, the principle of operation and setting are the same. As an example, it is worth figuring out how to set a password on one of the most popular applications - iAppLock, which is freely available in App Store.

For installation security code you need to run the defender program and select the type of protection and the required applications in the settings. One of the advantages of using additional software is the ability to choose the type of protection: a graphic code, a digital PIN or a regular password.

Folder password

Studying how to put a password on a folder, you can see that it is also possible to use both by standard means iPhone and install special programs... By default, you can password-protect any folder in the same way as applications. In the "Restrictions" section, at the bottom of the list of applications offered for setting a password, you must select the appropriate folder.

It should be noted that such a case will protect access to files in the folder only when entering through the standard file manager. Any other application trying to access closed files, will be able to do this without calling the pin-code input field.

Lock analogs

As with applications, there are several dozen different programs for setting a password for folders. Each of them allows in a certain way to block free access to files inside the directory. One of the most common blocking tools is Folder Lock which can be downloaded for free on the App Store.

After the installation of the application is completed, the corresponding item will appear in the "Settings" menu, in which you can select the folders and the type of protection. The program also allows you to password-protect and a number of other elements of the iPhone, including "Settings", contact list and camera.

Other ways to protect

However, to protect your personal data, you do not need to know how to put a password for an application or folder on an iPhone. If you just want to prevent unauthorized people from accessing some files or programs, you can hide them from the main menu or the file manager. This way, you don't have to worry about forgetting your password or graphic key to access data at a crucial moment. To open hidden folders or applications, it is enough to return them to the menu. For greater convenience, there are special programs that allow you to do this in a few clicks, but their use will increase the likelihood that the data will be found.

In today's article we will learn hide apps and put folder in folder(tautology is inevitable :). No jailbreak required.

Each a new version iOS mobile operating system makes the interaction of the user with the smartphone more practical and convenient. But if the final release were perfect and did not include bugs or flaws, life would be boring and uninteresting. All users iOS platforms are divided into the following categories: those who are satisfied with the standard set of functionality and those who are ready to fight justice to the last, installing all kinds. There is another category - users looking for bugs and holes in order to improve the functionality of the device. Let's discuss these.

Hide applications

By using third-party tweaks on your jailbreak device, you can hide application icons that you want to hide from prying eyes. Who seeks will always find. Without complicated manipulations, but only armed with a good reaction, you can hide any icon.

1. Go to the main (first) page Springboard.
2. Fill in the window to failure: depending on the device - 20 or 24 application icons.
3. The application that you are going to hide must be located on any another page Springboard.
4. Press and hold your finger on the application icon (as when deleting). Without lifting your finger, drag the icon to first page Springboard.
5. Without releasing the icon, hover it over any application ( Attention!- not a folder).
6. Continue to hold your finger. The folder you just created will open. Don't let go of the icon, but bring it out beyond the gray background of the folder to the dock area (the bottom panel with a handset, mail and browser).
7. When the application returns from the folder (the one you hovered over the original icon), release your finger in the Dock area. The icon will disappear.

You can find an icon only by searching from.

In order for the hidden icons to reappear on the Springboard, it is enough to reboot the device. But only you know about this :)

Folder in folder

Familiar folders in mobile operating system iOS wasn't always there. Up to iOS 4 iPhone and iPod owners were forced to place dozens of icons on 5-6 pages of Springboard.

The number of apps in the App Store is growing exponentially. Users with more than 200 applications on their devices find that even folders do not solve the problem of clutter and difficulty in finding the required application. By default, iOS does not provide folder-to-folder attachments, but it all depends solely on your reaction:

To carry out the operation to embed a folder into a folder, we need two applications and a previously created folder.

1. Tap the application with your finger and continue to hold it (as when deleting).
2. As soon as the icon increases in size and you can move it, move it to another application icon.
3. At the moment when folder creation starts, release the icon to be moved and tap with delay on the required folder... Don't let go of your finger.
4. You can move the grabbed folder to the newly created one.

The peculiarity of such a move is as follows: a folder nested inside is not visible until the directory is opened. By experimenting with folders, you can achieve something like this.

This bug (or a hidden feature that Apple is silent about) works on all iOS versions 7.0 and up to 8.1.3 .

Sometimes it is necessary to hide some files and applications from all general access... If you use an iPhone, iPad or other products from Apple then you have this opportunity.

videos on iPhone, iPad and iPoud touch

There are several ways to hide photos and videos from public access on an Apple device: using standard and third party applications, device settings, cloud storage.

This method involves transferring photos and videos to the cloud servers of a company that provides this opportunity, and after setting a password for the application that gives access to the files. For example, you can use Dropbox. The only drawback of this method is that you need a stable Internet connection to access photos and videos, since the files will not be stored on the device, but on cloud servers.

1. Go to the official Dropbox website (https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTEyOTg3MTEzOQ?src=global9), register on it and download the app installer for your device.
2. After you have installed Dropbox app and moved all the necessary elements into it, go to the Setting section.
3. Go to the Passcode Lock section and activate the use of a password.
4. Set a four-digit password by clicking the Change Passcode button.
5. Enter four digits to complete the process.

How to hide third-party and stock apps on iPhone, iPad and iPoud touch

The application icon from the device menu can be hidden in several ways: using third-party programs, creating multi-level folders, device settings.

Through folder

1. Go to home page menu of the device and make sure that there is no free space on it. That is, you need to move 20 or 24 application icons to this tab.
2. Click on any icon in the device menu and hold it for a few seconds, that the device went into editing mode.
3. Move the icon of one application to the icon of another to create a folder.
4. Click on the app that is already in the folder and drag it to the second page of the folder, which remains empty for now.
5. Again, start holding the application icon and drag it from the edges of the folder, which are on the right side of the screen. We do not remove the finger from the application icon.
6. Now we move the application icon to the centers of the folder and, without lifting your finger from it, press the "Home" button. If all actions are performed correctly, the icon will slide up the screen and disappear from the device menu. The only drawback of this method is that after restarting the device, the application icon will return to the menu.

Through layered folders

1. Press the icon and hold your finger on the screen for a few seconds to switch the device menu to edit mode.
2. Once again, hold down the application icon and drag it to any other application icon to create a folder.
3. Exit the folder and create another folder by following the previous two steps with other applications.
4. The moment the creation of the second folder comes to an end, and it starts to collapse, quickly grab the first folder and move it to the folder you just created.
5. As a result, it turns out that being in the device menu, you cannot see what is in the double folder.
6. The only drawback of this method is that if you open the first folder, the contents of the second will become noticeable.

Through device settings

1. Open the "Settings" application.
2. Let's move on to the "Basic" section.
3. Let's move on to the "Restrictions" subsection.
4. Click the "Enable restrictions" button.
5. Set a password or activate Touch function ID if your device supports it.
6. We return to the general list of restrictions. If you need to hide standard application, then overtake the corresponding slider in front of it.
7. If you need to hide third-party applications, then scroll down to the "Allowed content" section and go to "Programs".
8. Enable the "Deny software" function so that all icons of third-party programs disappeared from the menu of your device.

Through a third party application and computer

For this method, you do not need to jailbreak the device firmware, just download the Apple Configurator 2.2 (

In 2014, users of Apple products were enthusiastic about the news that it became possible to hide photos on and iPad with iOS 8 - however, their joy quickly gave way to disappointment. It turned out that this function works completely differently on iOS than on Windows for PC - hidden photos are still available to prying eyes.

When a user hides pictures on an iPhone, they go out of all categories (“ Years», « Moments», « Collections") And fall into separate folder entitled " Hidden". This folder is not encrypted or protected by a password, so anyone who gets the opportunity to "climb" on the phone will be able to familiarize themselves with its contents.

Photos on iOS 8 are hidden like this:

Step 1... Run the built-in application “ Photo"On iPhone.

Step 2... Click " Select»In the upper right corner of the screen and tick all the photos and videos you want to hide.

Step 4... Two lines will appear - at the bottom, look for the option " Hide» (« Hide»).

Step 5... Confirm that you want to hide the pictures - click " Hide photo» (« Hide Photos»).

Folder " Hidden» (« Hidden») Appears in the list of albums, and the user's most intimate snapshots appear in it. This folder on the iPhone cannot be hidden.

This method of hiding a photo on an iPhone is extremely dubious. It is better not to hide pictures at all than to place them in a catalog, the name of which still attracts attention. If the gadget falls into the hands of ill-wishers, the folder " Hidden"Will most likely be checked first - after all, it promises compromising evidence.

What apps allow you to hide photos on iPhone?

You can more reliably hide a photo on an iPhone using mobile applications from the AppStore. There are a lot of similar programs in the Apple store now. Many of them have a "level" conspiracy - they disguise themselves as calculators. Who would ever think that photographs might be hidden in a calculator?

A great utility for hiding data is Secret Calculator +, The "brainchild" of Chinese programmers. This application is free and very easy to use. After installation, it will be present on the desktop under the name Calculator +.

You can hide photos using this program like this:

Step 1... Run the app and set a password. There seems to be no password duration limit. We decided to stop at 20 signs.

When finished, press the% key.

Then enter the password again, also putting a kind of dot with the button with the percent symbol. If the password setting was successful, the following window will appear on the screen:

Click " OK, I got it».

Step 2... First you need to make a new album. Click on the "+" button at the bottom of the screen.

Step 3... Use the "+" button to add photos that you would like to hide from strangers.

Step 4... Go to the application " Photo»And delete hidden pictures from it.

After that, you can return to the application Secret Calculator + and make sure the photos are in place. If you press the key with three horizontal lines, you will see: the program is able to store not only photos and videos, but also notes, contacts, passwords from Internet resources.

Storage Word files, Excel, Power Point within the power full version applications. IPhone owners can purchase it for 229 rubles.

The main thing for the user of Secret Calculator + is not to fall victim to a clever disguise and not to unintentionally delete the application. Together with the program, all the photos that it stored will be irretrievably erased.

A worthy alternative Secret Calculator + is the app Private camera... The principle of this program is different. It does not hide the photo behind the calculator, but allows you to take pictures directly from its interface. These pictures are not reflected in the application " Photo”, However, if necessary, they can be unloaded (exported) there.

The program allows you to store under a password not only photos from your own camera, but also pictures taken earlier, copied from the albums of the "Photos" application.

Apple technology owners note the vulnerability of photo-hiding applications - despite the fact that the pictures are password-protected, they can still be accessed can... It is enough to use a computer with special software... For example, the iTools utility allows you to view all the contents of the iPhone - whether it is hidden or not.

For a user who is looking for a 100% guarantee of photo privacy, the option using special applications for storing photos is not suitable. It is better for him to resort to the following method.

The safest way to hide photos

The most intimate photo sessions for an iPhone user should be stored in programs that support AES-256 encryption. The encryption algorithm AES-256 is one of the most reliable; it is used by banking structures and government organizations with might and main. AES-256 capable applications collect photos (and other data) in containers - specially encrypted files. In iTools and similar programs, the contents of the containers are not visible. There is only one way to access the content - by entering a password.

Mobile applications capable of encrypting data include:

UPassword, which performed the same functionality as 1Password, is no longer distributed through the AppStore.

Conclusion

Hiding photos with own funds IPhone - "so-so" way. Photos that need to be hidden are simply collected in one folder, access to which is not protected in any way. To put pictures under a password, you should use one of the third-party applications - for example, Secret Calculator +.

Programs that support AES encryption can provide a 100% guarantee of information protection. Such applications place photos in containers, the contents of which are not recognized by any special software.

It often happens that someone asks you for an iPhone or iPad in order to view photos, and you are not very eager to show this person personal pictures. In particular, you don't want to do this if the device contains really candid photos or videos. Fortunately, Apple has made it possible to hide media files in the Photos app to make users feel more comfortable handing over the device to the wrong hands.

The reasons why you do not want to display your photos and videos can be very different, but the way to hide media files is always the same. The method of hiding media files is really simple and affordable for even the most inexperienced iPhone and iPad users to use.

Step 1. Go to the app Photo

Step 2. Find a photo or video you would like to hide

Step 3. Select the desired media file

Step 4. Click on the menu item " send»
Step 5. On the page that opens, click on " Hide»
Step 6. Confirm hiding the photo or video by clicking “ Hide photo»
Your hidden media will no longer appear in the Photos and Shared tabs, and in the Camera Roll and My Photo Stream albums. The only place where you can find hidden pictures or videos will remain the "Hidden" album, available on the "Albums" tab in the Photos application.

How to hide multiple photos or videos at once on iPhone and iPad

Step 1. Go to the standard Photos app

Step 2. On the “ Photo"Click on the button" Select"Located in the upper right corner

Step 3. Select all pictures or clips you would like to hide

Step 4. Click on the " send»
Step 5. Select the item " Hide"And confirm the operation
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